Ate here on New Year's Eve before the festivities at Horseshoe Casino.
I had already read some reviews here before we went, and was hoping they'd have the lemon rice soup. They did! And it was GOOD!
I ordered from their specials of the day -- a Grecian style chicken breast served over rice. The sauce on top of the chicken was much like the lemon soup -- paired with the Grecian seasonings and the char of the grill -- it was delicious!! I devoured my meal and left happily stuffed.
My friend had the roast turkey -- and she couldn't finish there was so much food.
I just wish Johnel's was closer!!! I'm about an hour and 20 minutes from there, but you better believe that I will be looking for a reason to make my way out there again soon. Next time I'm ordering the skirt steak and eggs!! I'm a SUCKER for skirt steak, and I have high expectations.... sooooo..... we'll see if they can fill it.
A great family restaurant with a large (but not too large) menu and daily specials. Â Whether breakfast, lunch or dinner, service has always been friendly and efficient. Â Good sized portions are the norm and the food, while not gourmet, is quite delicious. Â There is a selection of soup daily; and unlike some restaurants, it is never too salty. Â It has a nice home-made flavor. Â And as a bonus, you can order a cocktail, beer or glass of wine with your meal. Â Definitely the place to go if you live in or are passing through the area for a tastey meal.
Review Source:Good family style restaurant, with a huge menu. Â I also recently had for lunch an amazing amount food for $10.00. Â I had their fried smelt lunch for $8.75, which was ok, but the smelt basically was a generous serving of heavily battered fried frozen fish sticks. Â For another $1.25, I made it a complete dinner, which meant in addition I got a vegetable noodle soup, a salad, a small bowl of cottage cheese, and a dessert - a huge slice of carrot cake. Â Probably the most non-buffet amount of food I've ever gotten for $10.
Review Source:A friend of mine lives down the block from this place and I insist that we go there every time I'm in town. Holy cheapness! I forget how expensive living in Chicago can be. A giant plate of AMAZING biscuits and gravy with a side of suspiciously good (ie: most likely filled with butter/sooo fattening) scrambled eggs set me back $6. Coffee hit the spot after a night of insomnia: also cheap, constantly refilled, freshly brewed and strooong. And the cornbread! The freakin' cornbread! I'm no size zero but I can see why I was one of the most petite patrons here... Heh... I had to.
Hammond might not have JapaneseThaiMiddleEasternIndianLatin&so on like we do, but they have Johnel's. Touché, Indiana. Touché.
Super nice staff. We were starving when we got there so my high rating may be bumped up b/c of the hunger talking.
We stopped by on our drive across Indiana at around 9:30 pm. The Greek chicken dinner was great, and the parmesan chicken sandwich was super moist. Both meals came with french fries. The lemon chicken & rice soup was delicious - apparently it's their specialty. The portions are generous & the overall experience was positive.
Well, I was only here once today, but if I move to this area, I'll probably be seeing a fair amount of this place. Â Only like 3 blocks from the expressway, it's convenient to get to if you're visting Hammond or heading out. Â And if you're in a hurry, that's good too, since I think I was in and out in a half hour. Â
I came around 3pm and had a $10.95 breakfast of a marinated skirt steak, 2 eggs scrambled and a healthy side of hash browns...what John T. also cited in his review. Â While I wouldn't say that anything was the best I've had, it was all very solid and four stars in every aspect. Â
While I'm sitting here talking about breakfast food, let me turn 180 and also say they've also got a bar on the other side.
I went there for dinner on a Friday night when I was staying in Hammond for the evening. Â I don't know if someone was out with the swine flu or had a funeral to attend, but the service was SLOW. Â Granted, several tables walked in as we did, but it seems like someone should have a contingency plan for, I don't know, people actually trying to eat there. Â So, we finally got our drink order in. Â Then, much later, our food order. Â We were ready for another round of drinks (everyone was having whiskey) and they apparently had to go next door to get more whiskey. Â Wow, Johnel, you're really not looking on the bright side. Â 4 drinks dried you out? Â Three of us had open-faced turkey sandwiches with cranberry sauce, which were pretty good-- the gravy was a little overwhelming. Â One had the Greek omelet and he was pretty disappointed. Â He said it tasted like there was only feta cheese in it, no tomatoes or olives. Â One of us had the crepes and she seemed happy. Â Seriously though, Johnel, we want to give you money for drinks. Â Please give me more drinks so I can give you more money.
Review Source:This place used to be awful, well not awful I guess, just not anything very special. Luckily they built a new restaurant, and the parking lot is where the old restauarant was once located. The new restaurant is much better than the old one used to be. It looks pretty nice inside, and the waitresses are much better than the old ones. The service is good, and the food is not bad. Â Ironically, the worst part of the place is the bar area, which was the one promising thing in the old restaurant. I used to hang out in this bar with my friends, but mainly because we knew the bartender because we used to work with her. Since she left, we hardly see a reason to go there.
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